Doctor Eric Yung, who is the Chair of Richmond’s school board, has written a letter questioning orders to make 54-million dollars worth of administrative cuts over the next two years.

“Even now, when the budget is balanced and there are modest surpluses, we’re still being asked to reduce our budget. The question naturally arises, when is enough enough and when is it that we would ever get more resources?”

What is wrong with using the millions being generated by River Rock Casino, as a citizen of Richmond I would prefer those funds go to the schools of Richmond rather than some lame “Public Art” installation.

A) Why do schools have to pay for hydro? Seems kind of stupid to me. One government agency paying another government agency. Or at least give them a certain amount of free hydro and then charge them after that, in an effort to encourage energy savings.

B) Make the teachers pay for their own MSP premiums just like the rest of us.

a) Well, someone will have to pay for the BC Hydro bill one way or another so it will either be the schools directly where they will have a reason to conserve energy or by individual consumers rates going up and the schools will then leave lights and what not on all the time as there is no incentive to conserve energy.

There should be a review on how the various school boards run their organizations from a fiscal point of view. When the VSB was reviewed back in 2011 they found 4 million a year wasted on the purchasing of text books,. It wasn’t the titles or the numbers that was the problem just the way they purchased them. There was no central purchasing done and there were 50 different vendors. Have a look at those systems across the province and see how much saving can be realized.

Unbelievable! Maybe Dr. Eric Yung should take sometime and sit down with the school district accounting department and see how the figures flow from start up to financial statements.
AN INCREASE IN MEDICAL SERVICE PREMIUMS HAS NO BURDEN AS A EXTRA COST.
All school employees in B.C. have their monthly MSP premium paid for by their school districts.
These amounts are then added on to their gross pay on their paycheques, in which income tax, CPP, UIC, deductions are applied to the gross pay.
This is legislated law under the Canada Revenue Agency.
These increases in the MSP will now make the net pay out figure of the payroll total in a pay period now lower because of the extra payroll deductions.
Dr. Yung is an idiot in making a comment like this.
The 72 year arrogant readers Church mouse Ken280, has shown the readers over a million times of why he is a idiot, but even Ken would not agree with Dr. Yung.
To all of you, if you disagree, then look at your pay stubs and you will see TAXABLE BENEFITS listed in your earnings, if your employer pays your MSP. Depending on how your employer sets up their payroll, this figure could also include other taxable benefits that are taxable, but you are paying tax on the benefit paid on your behalf.

LoL Manitoba Josephina still crying that another of the Radical Right schools (yes) boards are pushing back and saying enough is enough, wait until all of them get a back bone, Josephina and push back! Will this government with the brightest and best be able to run the schools boards and balance their bogus budgets off the back of kid enrolled in the public school system, while giving money to the private schools! GO NDP GO